More and more, as civilization develops, we find the primitive to be essential to us. We root into the primitive as a tree roots into the earth. If we cut off the roots, we lose the sap without which we… Read More ›
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Divorce
A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you. Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood CC OOnt FRSC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, and environmental activist. She is a winner of the Arthur C. Clarke… Read More ›
The Individual – Speech
From the Fountainhead, a great movie about individual accomplishment. Howard Roark: [delivering the closing statements of his own defense] Thousands of years ago the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burned at the stake he had… Read More ›